* = dance/semi dance (100-120 bpm)
** = funk/soul/hiphop/jazz/reggae/world/ska/or combinations
no stars = something else
# = guilty pleasures

My top 15 of favorite songs of the year 1987 (out of 22 listed here):

1. Vaya Con Dios – Just a friend of mine
2. Maceo & The Macks – Cross the track **
3. Mory Kante – Yeke yeke **
4. Eric B & Rakim – Paid in full **
5. Bomb The Bass – Beat dis *
6. R.e.m. – The one I love
7. Desireless – Voyage voyage
8. Mel & Kim – Respectable #
9. Chris Isaak – Blue hotel
10. Paolo Conte – Max
11. France Gall – Ella, elle l’a
12. George Michael – I want your sex
13. Mel & Kim – Showing out #
14. INXS – Need you tonight
15. Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley – (I’ve had) the time of my life

My other favorites, the ‘subtop’ part (above is the potential ‘all time top 500′ stuff):

• The Beatmasters ft. Cookie Crew – Rock da house *
• Gipsy Kings – Bamboleo **
• Pleasure Pump – Fantasize me (Mega Mix) *
• Robbie Robertson – Somewhere down the crazy river
• Stevie Wonder – Free (Note: 2 years later a Dutch hit)
• Stock, Aitken & Waterman – Roadblock
• Terence Trend D’Arby – Sign your name